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Happy birthday, Lucy

My twin sister Lucy and I are turning a whopping 34 today. We've officially reached our mid thirties. Whattup! Everyone says your twenties are the time of your life, but I actually prefer my thirties. (My twenties were all over the place:) What about you?

A while back, on this post about paying for your parents, a reader named Angela commented, "As a Filipino, I send my mom flowers on my birthday." How sweet is that? So my sister and I are giving flowers to our mom today. Thanks for the idea, Angela!(Bottom photo by flower stylist Amy Merrick)

Happy Birthday! & how sweet of an idea is that to send flowers to your mum?! Love it!! PS. I've just entered my 30's & I wouldn't go back to my 20's for nothing...except maybe to revisit my wedding day <3

I just turned 34 a few weeks ago too. Completely agree with 30's being kinda awesome. I feel like your 20's are about living it up kinda sorting it all out, finding your way...your 30's might just be about enjoying what you've discovered.

Happy birthday to you both. I'm so glad you said "my twenties were all over the place". I really feel like that at the moment (I'm 25) and it's good to hear other people have done and do feel exactly the same. I can't wait to feel a little more settled financially and career wise. Relationship wise I'm pretty sorted. ;D

I always liked this SATC quote..“Enjoy yourself. That’s what your 20s are for. Your 30s are to learn the lessons. Your 40s are to pay for the drinks.” Carrie Bradshaw

Crazy, it's my birthday too! (34 too...seems wild. I kind of liked the comfort of how young 33 sounded.) We share a birthday with Jackie Robinson, Ernie Banks, Nolan Ryan .... and Justin Timberlake. Maybe I should have been a baseball player. Go us!

Happiest of birthdays to you and Lucy, Joanna! I have a twin sister, and I have to ask, is it difficult being so far away on special days like this? Or just every day? I couldn't imagine having so much physical distance between us! Do you have little birthday rituals? Abby and I do little things on our birthday-silly little stuff that doesn't seem like a big deal to anyone else except us. :)

Happy happy happy birthday to you and your sister! My sister and I share a birthday as well, but we were born 4 years appart - crazy, huh? I'm glad to hear good things about the 30's, I'm almost there myself. Have a fantastic day!

I love this idea! I think I'll implement it this year. Happy birthday to you and your sister! I'm so glad so many people seem to be loving their thirties...it feels good to know the best is still ahead.

Happy happy birthday! I sent flowers to my mom last December on my birthday, and she LOVED it (obviously). It felt so great to spend a portion of the day thinking about my mom and how thankful I am to her (literally) for life :)

Happy Birthday! I totally agree about the thirties over the twenties! Although I will say, I turned 34 in November and just last week I looked over at my husband and said "Am I 34!?" I had sort of forgotten and it felt old for some reason... I guess after a while it all runs together. But so far the 30's have been my favorite decade!

I really hope my thirties are better. I feel like I've missed out on my twenties because I've been in school for all of it. I'm 26 now, and I'll be getting my masters when I'm 27. I'll still have two years to enjoy it!

I agree that the 30's are the best (and I seriously always thought old people just said that to feel better about life, but nay, it's true!). Here's what I had to say about being 29: http://ppwhp.blogspot.com/2012/02/29.html#comment-form

Happy Birthday! I agree that the 30s are definitely better (almost three years, in at least). It seems like a time when you can really settle into yourself, there are still plenty of things to figure out but it seems like there is less uncertainty and turmoil.

Happy Happy Birthday! I think that is a lovely idea-here in Kuwait we always take in cake etc when it is our birthday to that is not that unusual. My dad (also in the Middle East) took sweets to share when I turned 30. I think any reason to celebrate is good here to be honest!

Happy birthday, you two! I love the idea of doing something for Mom, she's the one who did all the work on the actual birth day! :) When we were dating I sent a card to my husband's mother on HIS birthday thanking her for raising such a wonderful son. I think that scored me some brownie points, but that's not the reason I did it, I truly think she's great and did a wonderful job raising her son.

It's funny, because I have always been so much younger than my peers (born in August so always the youngest in my class, always worked with older people), I just sort of generally assume that every blogger is older than me too. I've never really gotten used to being an actual adult (I'll be 35 this August) so it's always so shocking to find out that a blogger is the same age as me (or even more shocking, a lot younger)! :)

I'm really glad to hear that because once I hit my 30s, I thought the 20s were overrated. You know more of what's going on and what's important to you—and I hope that keeps continuing, just so you keep enjoying turning those corners and seeing what's on the other side.

Happy Birthday to you and your Sister! Hope you have a beautiful day! Btw, I love the idea of sending flowers to your mom, how cute!And congrats on your new baby!!!!xo,Marcelahttp://tucasablogonline.blogspot.com

I love the idea of sending flowers to mum. I think I should send mine flowers on my next (30th!) birthday, since I weighed 11 pounds when I was born. She deserves flowers...and chocolates...and a massage...

Happy birthday, Joanna! We share our birthday - I'm celebrating my 33rd today, and I'm pregnant as well, so by 'celebrating', I really mean I'm curled up on the couch with a cup of tea, ready to watch a movie :)

Happy Birthday!! Wishing you all the love and joy in the world this year... for you and your growing family! I will tuck away the birthday flowers for mom idea away until my birthday next month. Such a sweet gesture - made even more poignant because this year I became a mom, too.

I love the flower idea. I am going to do that on my birthday this year. And I am nearly 29 and looking forward to my 30s. They look pretty good and while I had some fun times in my 20s so far, I'm ready for something new.

That's so sweet! My husband sends my mom (& me:) flowers on my birthday, which we both just love. He's following his own dad's tradition of doing that for his MIL, and I always thought that was just the sweetest idea to thank the mother of someone you love because as we know, when a child is born so too a mother. Happy birthday!!

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When I saw this post last year, it was a mere 2 weeks after my birthday had passed. I vowed to remember to send flowers to my mother next year since I moved away and I can't spend my birthday with my family as often now. I did. She was a blubbering mess. Such a wonderful, feel good idea. I highly recommend doing this!! I was more excited for her reaction than I was for my birthday itself :) Thanks for sharing!